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A Quick at the
Proposed Amash
Conyer Amendment
Uranus - Pluto
Showing Signs of
Life
An Amendment to the
House Defense
Department
appropriation bill
that would defund
one NSA program, the
agency's bulk
collection of
telephone records of
all Americans was
narrowly defeated.
Support for this
amendment indicates
a significant shift
in party alliances.
The amendment was
introduced by Tea
Party favorite
Representative
Justin Amash and
liberal stalwart
John Conyers. Both
of Michigan, Amash
is an avowed
libertarian who
often bucks GOP
leaders. Conyers is
an 84 year old
Democrat and the
second longest
serving member of
Congress. The vote
on the amendment was
217 to 205. 111
Democrats and 94
Republicans voted in
favor of the bill.
83 Democrats and 134
Republicans voted
against it.
The roll call on the
amendment was
completed at
approximately 7:05
pm on July 24, 2013
in Washington DC. A
chart drawn for that
time illustrates the
extreme divisiveness
of this issue.
Capricorn is Rising,
with Pluto
conjoining the
Ascendant, opposite
Jupiter, Mars, and
Mercury straddling
the Descendant,
square Uranus in
Aries in the third
house. The Sun in
Leo falls in the
seventh house and
forms a square to
Saturn in the tenth
house. There is
also a grand trine
among the Moon –
Neptune conjunction
in Pisces, Chiron in
Pisces; Jupiter,
Mars, and Mercury in
Cancer, and Saturn
and the North Node
in Scorpio. Mars is
out of bounds by
declination.
It's interesting to
note that those
voting and lobbying
against the
amendment include
stalwarts from both
parties – Speaker of
the House, John
Boehner; Minority
Leader of the House,
Nancy Pelosi; Tea
Party favorite,
Michele Bachmann;
Democratic
Congressional
Committee Chairman
Steve Israel; and
National Republican
Committee Chairman
Greg Walden.
It's unlikely that
this issue is over.
There's a rising
concern about
government
overstepping its
bounds. This occurs
as the US chart is
having a Jupiter
return.
To see how your
Congressman voted,
go to
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/amash-amendment-roll-call-vote_n_3648737.html
Joyce
can be reached at
joycel@joycelevine.com
or 2353
Massachusetts Avenue
#91, Cambridge, MA
02140, 617-354-7075.
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